A Third Weak in Spirit – Prof. Cyril Höschl

„A third of the people in this country are weak in spirit. One in seven citizens is stupid or demented or an alcoholic. About half of the country's population has below-average intellect. These people, and it is half of the nation, escape the diversity and ambiguity of the world, and what is left of this world in their eyes can be divided into quite simple, mostly anti-polar elements. It’s sometimes called black and white thinking.“

Prof. Cyril HöschlProf. Cyril Höschl explains how a third of the population is weak in spirit and often trapped in black and white thinking.
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Prof. Cyril Höschl is a Czech psychiatrist and university lecturer.

This statement highlights the problem of intelligence distribution and the tendency for simplistic thinking in society.


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